1. WHY ARE YOU SLEEPING?

LYRICS

Dear Diary

Today I stopped at a shop

I’m so angry

Next time I’ll wait for prime-rate

Late delivery

It’s triggering fits to recall

I followed all the painted arrows

I was completely six-feet sterile

Except for once

Cause the aisle was narrow

A mother bear with her cub

Glared at me appalled

Everybody thinks they’re a saint

Everybody thinks they’re in the right

I can’t compete, can’t complain

I’m just trying to sleep at night

In my PJs

I keep drafting an update to back-space

Never safe to engage in the first place

Why would anybody try?

In my room, all alone, I hear them

They accuse me of suffering delirium

I have done nothing wrong

Yet I fear them

So I shutter the blinds

And allow my phone to die

Everybody thinks they’re a saint

Everybody thinks they’re in the right

I can’t compete, can’t complain

I’m just trying to sleep at night

Awake or woke

It’s not a joke

You gotta be fast

React to all the facts

Keeping two fingers crossed

Behind your back

For all to see

You gotta be an insomniac

Claim you’re not religious

Blame it on the bigots

Stand up, but don’t stand out

Take a little stance

But baby, don’t get canceled

Leave no trace

Relieve no doubts

Rise up, rise up

Why are you sleeping?

Rise up, rise up

Why are you sleeping?

Rise up, rise up

Why are you sleeping?

Rise up, rise up

Why are you sleeping?

SONG CREDITS

Carly Kotula: vocals

Phil Hodges: piano

Michael Minkoff: drums and percussion

James S. Smith: electric guitar

Matt Combs: strings

Meredith Moore: French horns

Peter Martin: trumpets

Adam Higgins: bass guitar

ALBUM CREDITS

Music by Carly Kotula

Lyrics by Carly Kotula and Michael Minkoff (Why Are You Sleeping?)

Produced by James S. Smith and Michael Minkoff

Composition and Orchestral Arrangements by Phil Hodges

Executive Produced by Charlie Mudge and Carly Kotula

Recorded, Engineered and Mixed by James S. Smith and Michael Minkoff at Clubmen Studio in Blairsville, GA

Photography and visual concept by Pat Kotula

CD layout and design by Carly Kotula

Mastered by Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering

Additional lyric consulting by Michael Minkoff and Jo Littin

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